Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04
JAS. Boutwell, has gone to Paladora,


on prospecting tour.
Mixed paints, warranted not to crack
or scale, at Southworth's. AZ
II. f. Mobiles hoase is under roof.
II will be one of the best in tins city.
t. B.. Reynolds and wife, of Sun
City. were registered at the Grand
yesterday.
G. 4 o. Mills this week traded span
of mules TO Leander Wilson for Is COWS
and calves.
The first young potato of the season
was dug out of r. NJ. WoodwarG's gar
den this week.
L. A. McNeal now Offices in bis
building on East Kansas avenue, with
Pearson q Co.
If you want to get any of those cheap
goods at Blickhahn Il Co.'s, you must
call IN few days. 40
Geo. w. Hendrickson brought down a
nice bunch of yearlings Yesterday, and
sold them 10 r. NJ. Sparks.
The Harper Greenhouses will have
house and bedding-out plants at the
post Office Monday and Tuesday OF
next week.
n rumOr was published last week
that the Garden City land office was tC
be removed to Dodge City; but the reg
lister and receiver OF that Office deny
the report.
The firm OF Ingraham Il Fort has
been dissolved by mutual consent, Mr.
Ingraham retiring. Mr.. Fort will CON
tinue the business at the old stand Oh
North Main street.
Two letters were received from the
parties in charge of the Kansas 81 Pan
handle railroad, this week, in which
they state that the road will surely be
built. We hope so.
In Kansas City, on Monday, the cat
tie market showed the following aver
ages: Shipping steers 81 to S4.40;
butchers steers, 81 to S4.30; cows, So
TO Sl30. Hogs were 10 cents lower
averaging about So.
Barber county farmers are putting in
more corn this year than has ever been
planted during any three years in the
history of the county. We don't know
that our farmers rise early and plow
deep" but it is settled fact that, this
year, "they will have corn to sell and
to keep"
Exchange: at is said that a num-
Der of saloon-keepers in Western Tex
as are working for the adoption of the
prohibitory amendment so as to save
themselves from the state liquor tax.
The Western Texan can generally man.
age 10 call the turn" 1t must be that
those Texans were originally from Kan
sas and that they contemplate blossom
ing out as druggists when prohibition
is adopted.
Both of the Kiowa papers last week
objected to the INDEX referring to their
real estate activity as alleged booms.'
We did not state that there was any
want of activity in the sale of real es
tate; but we said that our information
was that there was no building going
on there, and, as yet, we are not pre-
pared to correct the statement. The
school house is old 4; so is the bank
building being completed. The other
buildings referred to by the Journal
are like some of those that are being
built in this city-it is ION paper.''
The Messrs. Sh&mberger are continu-
ing to buy property at Mingona and in
that vicinity, and now there is an ex-
tensive settlement of Dunkards there.
This month the annual meeting Of this
society for the whole country will be
held in the eastern part of the state
on the oath. 25th and 26th of May,
and the representatives from this coun-
ty will then take advantage of the &C.
casiOn and induce many of these excel
lent people TO come here and locate.
They are good citizens and Barber
county will welcome all who may
come.
The last legislature changed the time
of holding the annual school meeting
from the second Thursday in August
to the last Thursday In June. The
school year will now close OH the last
day of May instead of the last day of
July, as heretofore. The clerk of each
district is required to prepare his an
nual report to the county superintend-
ent at least five days before the annual
meeting and submit it to the legal vot-
erS present at such meeting for their
information and consideration. If any
change or alteration be necessary, it
shall be made, and the report shall then
be transmitted to the county superin-
tendent. This report ought to be full
| and complete. In order that it may be
so, no teachers term report should be
accepted until al! Of the blanks are ac-
curately filed. The law requires that
the teacher shall not receive his salary
for the last month taught until the
term report is fled with the district
clerk. The law also determines what
this report shall contain, and the blanks
furnished conform strictly to the re-
quirements OF the law.
Prom Commissioner Cook.
The Cresset, of this city, has seen fit
to criticise before the public some of
the actions of the commissioners, at
their late meeting. had not thought
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